Liberia plans biometric voter registry with enrollment beginning in December
The National Elections Commission of Liberia has announced its preliminary plans for 2023, which include transitioning from optical mark recognition…
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Idemia sale launch close, biometrics and digital ID business may be separated: report
The rumored sale of Idemia by Advent International is about to launch, sources have told Reuters, raising the possibility that…
Feitian launches customizable handheld multi-biometric tablet for use in the field
Beijing-based Feitian Technologies has launched a new biometric tablet with fingerprint and face scanning, and optional iris recognition capabilities. The…
Digital identity provider SDK leaves hundreds of thousands of biometric records vulnerable
Apps with exposed AWS access tokens are exposing biometric data, according to a new blog post from cybersecurity software provider…
Simprints hiring consultant to evaluate biometrics pilot for young children in Bangladesh
Biometrics non-profit Simprints is seeking a consultant to perform monitoring and evaluation for a trial project to use fingerprints to…
ROC biometrics integrated with Anonybit for privacy-secured enterprise solution
Anonybit has integrated Rank One Computing’s face matching SDK with its Privacy-by-Design architecture to maximize biometric accuracy and privacy protection…
Canadian academic report urges no facial recognition at legislature, reasons why sow confusion
Canada’s Parliamentary Protective Service is thinking about deploying face biometrics around the country’s legislature. As part of that process, the…
Two ways to not protect biometric data demonstrated by world’s most populous countries
Several civil society groups in India are highly concerned about the spread of facial recognition and other surveillance technologies in…
Contactless biometrics from Tech5 integrated with ZA police, state enterprise platforms
Law enforcement and public enterprise software-maker Barizma has integrated contactless fingerprint and face biometrics from Tech5 with a pair of…
American researchers probe where biometric bias comes in and how to measure it
A pair of papers on why biometric systems are so often found to be less effective with some demographic groups…
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